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Locality Name:
Gomel Region, Belarus


mindat Locality ID: 24685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gomel Region, Belarus": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mozyr
Rechytsa District
Zhitkovitschskii

Latitude: 52°30'0"N
Longitude: 30°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.5,30.333055555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBastnäsiteBrookiteCarnalliteClayFeldsparJoaquiniteNonePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteTitaniteVivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Brookite  (*)Byelorussite-(Ce)  (*)
Carnallite  (*)Halite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Nickelphosphide  (*)Quartz  (*)Stanfieldite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61250681022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1250688803
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F125068304
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2125068700
Byelorussite-(Ce)  (*)JoaquiniteNaBa2Ce2Mn2+Ti2Si8O26(F,OH)·H2O1250681
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O125064132
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1250641398
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F12506855
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)212506893
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1250684924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1250681508
Nickelphosphide  (*)NoneNi3P12506619
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212506861156
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)612506614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1250684899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O125066636



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